"Listening to your tone, it seems that it is already certain that the crown prince is the illegitimate son of his father and the queen of Zhou?"

After a huge shock and exclamation, Yuan Peng walked to the window and pushed the window open, and stood by the window for a long time in the breeze, trying to calm his body and mind. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In fact, although this secret is shocking, it is not bad news for Yuan Peng.

It's just that as the prince of Da Chu, he still can't fully accept it for a while, his father, who has always been majestic in front of him, actually had such a disgraceful past with the queen of the enemy country when he was young.

"Yes, I wasn't sure yet, but just last night, Princess Yan helped me confirm all this. ”

The jade pot walked to Yuan Peng's side, glanced out vigilantly through the gap in the window, and then raised his chin slightly with a calm expression.

"You said Princess Yan?" Hearing the jade pot mention Cheng Jinzhi, Yuan Peng's face was very surprised, "What does she have to do with this matter?"

"The king told me that even if I can't prove the blood relationship with a blood test, fortunately, like His Royal Highness, there is also a half-moon-shaped birthmark on the back of our other princes in Dachu. If this crown prince of Zhou is really the flesh and blood of the king, there must also be such a trace on his body. ”

The jade pot said tepidly, the fog in his eyes began to dissipate, and the light in his eyes flashed.

"And it happened that yesterday, Princess Yan stabbed the prince in the left shoulder with a hairpin in a critical situation, and when the imperial doctor arrived to stop the bleeding and apply medicine for him, I saw clearly outside the door that there was indeed such a birthmark on his back. ”

"Heh, in this way, he is even half my own brother. Yuan Peng curled the corners of his mouth slightly self-deprecatingly, "If the Emperor of Zhou knew that he had high hopes and wanted to pass on the blood of the Great Chu royal family on his son, and was cuckolded by the queen of the world, I don't know if he would hate it enough to kill this mother and son." ”

He said in a light tone, but a gloomy undercurrent rolled in the depths of his eyes, and he turned to look at the jade pot with some confusion.

"However, you have also stayed in the capital of Zhou and the crown prince for a few years, why have you not been able to confirm his identity until now?"

"Your Highness doesn't know, although I have been in the capital in the past few years, and I have been sent by the prince to use the Jin Palace's as an eyeliner, but there are very few opportunities to enter the palace. Moreover, the queen is very vigilant, and the palace maids and eunuchs around her are all confidants who have served her for many years, and they do not allow strange and fresh faces to stay in Zhengyang Palace, even in the East Palace. So the clues from this mother and son are really minimal. ”

A look of disappointment flashed in the jade pot's eyes, and then he stretched his eyebrows and let out a sigh.

"However, it's not too late to confirm. ”

Of course, Yuan Peng knew that the King of Chu had spared no effort to confirm this matter after many years, not to care about any flesh and blood affection.

It is because once it is proved that the crown prince has the blood of the Chu people, when he ascends the throne, the Great Zhou, which has always been a great threat and oppression to Southern Chu, is equivalent to becoming their Chu people's territory.

The reason why the King of Chu revealed this long-hidden secret to Yuan Peng through the jade pot today was also because he expected that he and the crown prince had a friendship in the peace talks three years ago.

Since Yuan Peng entered Beijing with Princess Yuan Xi this time, he will definitely not let go of this great opportunity to take the opportunity to win over.

What the king of Chu wants his son to do, it is actually what Yuan Peng has been thinking in his heart these days.

It's just that what the King of Chu doesn't know is that although Yuan Peng promised to help the crown prince ascend to the throne, the price behind this is what he has in mind, the throne of Chu.

And now, it just has one more justifiable reason for this originally unspeakable collusion with each other.

"Your Highness, there is news from the palace, saying that Emperor Zhou has asked you to enter the palace immediately. ”

Just as Yuan Peng was thinking about King Chu's intentions and his current situation, the voice of Yuan Peng's personal entourage suddenly came from outside the door.

The two of them were taken aback, and they gathered their eyebrows very vigilantly, looking at each other, and tensing the muscles of their cheeks.

After a moment of silence, the jade pot retracted her expression and stepped forward to open the door as a maid again.

"Why did you suddenly summon me into the palace, but what happened?"

Yuan Peng also turned his face and walked to the door, showing a puzzled look, but between his eyebrows, people couldn't see that he was actually full of thoughts, and he had just been baptized by a shocking secret before.

"What the specific reason is, the subordinates don't know, but I heard that the princess just entered the palace with King Yan before, and it seems that there is something important. ”

"What? You said that Xi'er entered the palace with King Yan?"

Yuan Peng's eyebrows jumped when he heard this, even though he didn't want to believe it, he had clearly guessed what kind of purpose Princess Yuanxi entered the palace at this time.

He originally thought that as long as he moved out of Nanchu and the King of Chu, Princess Yuanxi would want to fight the crown prince for Gao Heng again.

But the safety of her family and country and the affection of her father and brother are enough for her to resist the impulse in her heart and choose to endure the pain and remain silent.

But he never thought that Princess Yuanxi's feelings for Gao Heng seemed to exceed her original expectations.

In other words, at this moment, Gao Heng's status in Princess Yuanxi's mind is likely to have surpassed his brother.

Thinking of this, Yuan Peng's heart still undeniably spread a sense of loss and deep loss.

Even if it is clear that she is deceived, concealed, and used her first.

"Your Royal Highness, since the princess has entered the palace, it means that the incident three years ago is very likely to have been known to the Emperor of Zhou. ”

Seeing this, the jade pot walked to his side and whispered a reminder, which allowed Yuan Peng to temporarily break free from the heaviness of disappointment and plunge into the imminent thoughts in front of him.

If Princess Yuanxi told Emperor Zhou about the peace talks three years ago, the prince would inevitably be heavily punished when she thought of the old official bank case that had been in turmoil recently.

It will even shake his position as the prince because of this matter.

This is not only contrary to the purpose of the King of Chu, but also contrary to his own plan, which is the last thing he wants to see.

And since Emperor Zhou sent someone to summon him, most likely he also wanted him to enter the palace to further confirm the facts told by Princess Yuanxi.

Yuan Peng thought that he had finally won some trust from Gao Heng with the help of the jade pot, and if he completely denied everything Princess Yuan Xi said in front of Gao Heng, it would obviously be very unwise and self-exposed.

Now, he didn't know what he should do for a while to avoid this turmoil with the best of both worlds.